On the final episode of this season of Bible Backgrounds, Dr. Craig Keener goes deep into the context of multiple New Testament passages that “quote” the Old Testament. Dr. Keener brings alive the OT allusions that appear in Matthew, Galatians and elsewhere, providing needed context and background to those works.
0:00 Intro
0:22 Quoting the OT out of context
3:30 Matthew’s use of Isaiah 7
9:55 Jesus’ quoting scripture in the wilderness
11:37 Matthew connecting Israel and Jesus
15:19 Galatians 4 and Paul
18:19 “Don’t muzzle an ox”
20:15 Modern-day bandwidth for applying new meaning to old text
26:45 Outro
